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No. 339,850. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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Attorney;

'UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

GEORGE E. BOVEE AND SIGMUND BELMONT, OF NEW' ORLEANS, LA.

ClGAR-BUNCHING MACHINE.

SPECIFEOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,850, dated April 13, 1886.

Application tiled June 12, 1584. Renewed January 7, 1885. Serial No. 187,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE E. BOVEE and SIGMUND BELMONT, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, and in the State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oigar-Bunching` Machines; and we do hereby declare that thefollowingisa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. in Which- Figure l shows a perspective View of our machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on line x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of our machine with the hopperframe and the top of the slide-box removed. Fig. 4 is a detail plan of the forward end of the slide with the belt removed. Fig. 5 is a detail view ofthe forward end of the machine, showing the binder in position to be wrapped around the tobacco; Fig. a detail Vertical sectional view showing the parts in position as when the bunch is being made, and Fig. 7 a detail perspective view ofthe apronroiler-supporting rod and the nuts thereon; Fig. 8, a detail sectional view showing the operation of the belt and slide in making the bunch.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The objectol' our invention is to provide an improved bunching-machine for cigars; and to this end it consists in the construction, arrangenie11t,and' combination of parts, as hereinafter described,and more specifically pointed outJ in the claims.

In the drawings, A designates the base of our machine, which consists ofthetwosidebars, BB, which are attached to and project above the bottom boardB'. This board, as shown, is in two parts, b b.between the ends of which is thetransverse slot or space C,into which the belt, to be hereinafter described. can be forced down to form a pocket to receive the tobacco to be rolled and compressed. The part b of the bottom board,B,extends forward beyond the ends of the side bars, B B, which near their forward ends are recessed on their inner sides at l) D. The ends of the recesses are beveled, as shown at d d.

Upon the board B', and between the bars B B, is the reciprocating slide E. Its sides are formed with the longitudinal grooves E' E'.

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To keep it down in place as it slides, the strips E" E2, shaped on their inner sides to fit the grooves E E', are placed between the sides of the slide and the bars B B, and are fastened in place by means ot' screws@ e, passingthrough the said side bars of the frame. The grooves in the slide are preferably made V-shaped in cross-section. \Vear between the strips and sides of the grooves in the slide can be taken up by forcing the stripsinward by means ofthe screws.

The upper face of the slide E is provided with a longitudinal line or series of recesses, e e', the rear ends of which are abrupt and vertical, while their bottoms slope upward from the rear to their forward ends. With the recesses of this shape, a series of ratchet-teeth is formed in the slide, the tops of whichare Hush with the upper face, e2, of the slide.

Torthe 4forward end of the slide is attached the metal plate e3, which extends up in front of the slide and is then bent outward and forward on a plane with the top ofthe slide. A metal plate, c", is let into the top of the slide, near its forward end. and to this is hinged the rear end of a plate, e5, which is attached to or formed in one piece with the fiat bar F, which extends acrossthe end of the slide and beyond the side bars, B B, being cut away at ff to form recesses up into which the bai-s project.

The lower side or edge of the bar F, when it is moving down on its hinge, stands close to the upper surface of the bottom board, b, in front of the slide end. The upper horizontal portion of bent plate e3 serves as a stop to limit the downward movement of the bar. To the forward upright face ofthe bar is fixed the plate F', which stands parallel to and a slight distance from its face. Through the space between the bar and plate passes the belt G, which is attached at one end to the forward end of board b, as shown, and extends up between the bar F and plate F, over the top of the bar, and rearward below and around aroller, G, to which its rear end is fastened. This roller is supported on a stationary rod or shaft, H, in turn supported in standards I I, through which it passes on either side. The ends of the shalt are screw-threaded, as shown, and upon them are thumb-nuts h h, which can be screwed up against the sides of the standards. When they are screwed up IOO tight, they cause theroller tov be bound be tween the standards, so that it cannot berevolved by a pull on the belt G. rIhe amount of slack in the belt between the roller and the point of its attach ment to boa-rd b" can 'obviously be readily adjusted by loosening the nuts, turning the roller in the desired direction, and then tightening up the nuts again.

As the amount of slack in the belt determines the depth and size of pocket or bight which can be made in the belt by forcing it down into theslot or space C in the bottom of the slide-frame, and the amount of compression of the tobacco to be hunched for a cigar of a given size, an Yadj ustment for the belt such as we have shown and described is especially desirable.

Torthe sides of standards I I, which are attached to the tops of side bars, B B, are fastened the metal plates K K, which have verti-v cal larms K K', extending up above the standards,with their front edges. in avertical plane just back of shalt H.

" Upon the top of the bars B B is fastened the board L, forming a cover for the slideway. In standards L' L attached to the side of this board, is journalcd the rock-shaft M. to which at its forward end the hopper-frame M2, which rests upon the tops of standards I I. hopper-frame carries a hopper, N, and a feed roller, N', at the discharge end thereof. This roller has a longitudinal recess, O, cut in it of the length ofthe discharge-opening of the hopper, and of a depth sufficient to receive the requisite amount of tobacco from the hoppei. Attached to the outer ends of the feed-roller shaft are the crank-handles N2 N". Stop-pins I? P on thehopper-frame limit the backward throw of the handles, stopping them at such a point that the recess Owill be on the upper side of the roller and in position to receive'its charge from the hopper.

The hopper and feed-roller are so situated that when said roller is turned forward and downward it willdischarge the contents of its recess onto the depressed portion of belt G in the space C. To insure that the recess O shall receive a full charge of tobacco from the hop.. per, we give said hopper a number of vertical vibrations or shakes as the slide E travels back after a bunch has been formed. Tol give these vibrations to the frame to jar the tobacco down in the hopper, we pivot tothe arm M', which carries the hopper-frame, the dependent pawl R, which engages the ratchet-shaped depressions in the slide. It is sol pivoted or hinged to the arm that it cannot swing backward beyond a vertical line,v but can swing freely-forward and upward. Vith thisarrangement, as the slide-moves forward the lower end of the ,pawlswill ride over the teeth, swinging up y up over the inclined bottoms of the recesses,

raisingthe arm M', and will drop down into s tionary and the belt were pulled outtowardjte sion of the tobacco can be regulated'at will by raising or pressing down upon said bar. Be

the next recess, beingvforced downward bythe weight of the hopper and frame. Thusaseries of sharp jars will be given to the hopper and its contents and the recess O in the feed roller 7o i thc charge of tobacco for the bunch from the 8o A feed-roller. The roller is then turned and ;the"tobacco dropped down intov the. depres i sion in the belt. f forward by the operator pulling upon the exhf tended ends of the bar F. Thebelt will thusbe folded forward over thetobacco,` which, asthe l bar is moved farther forward, will be entirely inclosed in the fold of thev belt. As the movelment of the bar and slide is continued the bight or pocket in the belt is moved outward 9o 1 and forward and rises up over the forward 'y edge or side of the space or opening Cr in the bottom plate, b, in to the space'behind. the bar is attached the rear end of arm M', carrying The slide is. then pulled F,bel,ow the upper horizontal portion of plate:

e3 on the front end of the slideEfas shown v3,5

best in Fig. 8'. As the bar F is pulled forward the belt must of course pass up between the front face of the bar and the plate 4 F' thereon and over the top of the bar, or, to ex? press it more truly, the bar and plate must move along the be1t,as the rear endfofihe lat- 'f ter is attached tothe roller G', as deseribed,and i cannot be pulled. along. The bight' or pocket in the belt containing the charge of tobaeeo and situated in the space inclosed by the plate l e3, the bar F and the bottom kb of the slideway v are by the movement of the bar and slide earried along over the slideway bottom. As the j lbight is thus caused to move forward'along y the belt, the tobacco in the bight is rolled over and over by the movement of the belt with re-.

' lation to the bar and slide in the same wayas it would be if the slide and bar remained.S158- rear end. An y thin sheet of tobaceo,paper,or other material'lying upon thel belt in front'of the bar F and slide will then, when the bight j or pocket in thevbeltreaches it, pass with they belt down under and over the roll of tobaeco in the pocket, and as the rotationofsueh rollv is kept upv by the passage of the belt will be wrapped around the roll, as shown in Fig. 8.

As thebar F ishinged by means of platee tov theend of the slide,the amount of compres,-

fore., the roll or bunch of tobacco reacha line between the rear ends of' the rec in the side bars, Bv B, a binder is laidv on the belt.V

between such recesses, with its endsextending 13o f ont into them, as shownin the drawings.

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on the `belt,the bar F can be raised slightly to pass over its edge. If thel movement of the bar be continued,the bunch ot' tobacco within the fold ot' the-belt is rolled over the edge of the binder, and said binder will be wrapped tightly around it. The inturned ends of the recesses will turn or fold the ends of the binder inward to inclose the tobacco. This is especially desirable where the tobacco is ne or granulated.

Upon the belt, forward of the recesses in the side bars, can be placed a paper cover, T, into which the tobacco-bunch with its binder is rolled, just as the tobacco was first rolled into the binder. The edge of the cover T is to be pasted, so that as the cover is rolled around the bunch it will be securely fastened thereon. The hnlich is then complete and ready to be placed in a mold, from which, after proper pressure, it is taken and the paper slipped off or removed to make it ready to be rolled and made into acigar.

\Vith a change in size only our machine is obviously suited for the manufacture of cigar` ettes, as well as cigar-bunches.

Instead of making a series of ratchet-shaped depressions in the upper face ot' the slide, a series of ratchet-teeth or projections could be placed or formed on the slide without departing from our invention.

Our belt we call a stationary one to distin guish it from theendwise-moving ones used in other cigar-bunch-making machines. The term as used by us to so distinguish our belt i from the others then only means that the belt has no endwise movement, not that it is inflexible or incapable of rising and falling and bending.

The belt, as described and shown, is entirely iiexible, and is loose everywhere except at its ends, which are attached to stationary parts of the machine.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of our invention, what we claim is- I. In combination with the bottom of the slideway provided with a transverse opening, lt-he belt attached at each end to some `tixed port-ion of the frame, and loose between such ends, so that a night or pocket can be t'orined therein, the slide resting upon and having its front end extending squarely across the bottom of the slideway, and the bar on the front end of the slide engaging the under or rear side of the belt, and so arranged on or attached to the slide as to leave a space between it and the slide end, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the slideway having its bottom provided with a transverse opening or recess, the slide, the transverse bar hinged to the iront of the slide, so as to leave a space between it and the slide end, and having its ends extended outward beyond the slideway to form handles, which can be grasped by the hands, and the belt fixed at one end at or near the forward end of the slideway, passing back over the front of the bar, and made fast at its rear end above the slide, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a ciga1bunch-making machine, the way along which the bunch is moved as it is rolled, having in its sides at or near their forward or outward ends opposite recesses with inward|y-inclined forward or outerends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In acigar-bunch machine, in combination with a stationary belt, a slide, a bar hinged to the forward end oi' the slide and provided with a plate, between which and the bar passes the belt, and side bars on each side of the belt formed with recesses having inwardly-inclined forward ends, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a eigar-buneh-making machine, the beltway. the stationary belt, means, substantially as described,for eausingabightor pocket in the belt to move along the same,and the bars at the sides of the way provided with recesses to receive the end ofthe binder placed on the belt, which have their forward ends inclined inward, so as to fold the ends of the binder as it is wrapped around the tobacco in the vbight of the belt, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In coinbinatioi'i with the stationary belt of a cigar-bunch machine, the adjusting device therefor, consisting of aroller to which is attached one end 0f the belt, a shaft extending through the roller, and suitable standards on the frame, and thumb-nuts on the outer ends of the shaft adapted to be screwed up against the standards to bind the roller between the latter and prevent its rotation, substantiallv as shown and described.

7. In a cigar-buuch-making machine, the slide provided with a series of teeth or projections on itsupper side, in combination with the movable hopper-frame provided with a downwardlypiojecting pawl or arm engaging the teeth or projections on the slide, whereby as the slide is moved the hopper will be raised and let fall, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a cigarbnnehmaking machine, the hop1 )er-fram e carried on a pivoted bar, in combination with the slide formed with a series ol' ratchet-shaped depressions in its up` per face, and the pawl pivoted to the bar and adapted to engage these depressions and the ratchet portions of the slide between them as the slide is moved back, so as to raise and let fall the bar and frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. Inacigar-bunehmakingmachine,incom bination with the bar pivoted at its rear end and carrying the hopper-frame on its front end, the pawl pivoted to the lower side of the bar, so that it cannot swing back beyond a vertical line, but can swing forward and upward, andthe belt-operating slide provided with a series of ratchetshaped teeth having their abrupt faces toward the forward end of the slide, substantially as and for the purpose described.

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1-0. In combination with the hopper, the have hereunto Set our hands this 7th day of feed-roller provided with the chmgereeeiv- 1 April, A. D. 1884.

ing recess. the crank-arms attached to the roll- GEO. F. BOVEE. er, and the slop-pins ou the irame to stop Y .Y

5 the arms when the recess in the roller isjusb v SIG'MU-ND BELMOAT below the hopper-bottom, substantially-as Witnesses; .i shown and described. JAS. SIMEON, l

In tesiinony that; we claim the foregoing We l W. B. MURPHY. 

